Women at war

In the very first text of its kind, Women at War brings together all available information and experience on women's physical and mental health in one resource to enlighten the practitioners caring for them. Our U.S Department of Defense is approximately 15% women with over 300,000 women having deployed since September 11th, 2001. This book reviews the epidemiology, changes in policy and demographics of women in the services, the factors affecting their health and health care while serving in austere environments, issues related to reproductive and urogenital health and how health care provide.

Part 1. Background and introduction. Comparative morbidity and mortality of women serving in the US military during a decade of warfare / Robert F. DeFraites, David W. Niebuhr, Brigilda C. Teneza, Leslie L. Clark, and Sharon L. Ludwig ; Female soldiers and post-traumatic stress disorder / Elspeth C. Ritchie, Michael R. Bell, M. Shayne Gallaway, Michael Carino, Jeffrey L. Thomas, Paul Bliese, and Sharon McBride ; Women and war: Australia / Beverly Raphael, Sussan Neuhaus, and Samantha Crompvoets -- Part 2. Women at war. Medical issues for women warriors on deployment / Anne L. Naclerio ; Reproductive health / Cara J. Krulewitch ; Issues in the prevention of malaria among women at war / Remington L. Nevin ; Women, ships, submarines, and the US Navy / Heather D. Hellwig and Paulette T. Cazares ; Female combat medics / Charles Figley, Barbara L. Pitts, Paula Chapman, and Christine Elnitsky ; Human sexuality and women in the area of operations / Amy Canuso -- Part 3. Women home from war. Women home from war / Elizabeth C. Henderson ; Mothers in war / Amy Canuso ; Building the framework for successful deployment reunions / Erin Simmons ; Traumatic brain injury: implications for women in…